라디오 스타 (Ra-di-o Seu-ta)

The year 1988 saw a bunch of flashes in the pan in the pop music industry, and has-been rock star CHOI Gon was one of them. After his only hit song 'The Rain and You', he became involved in drug problems, mob fights, and now sings in a café in the countryside. He one day gets into a fight with one of the customers at the café, and needs bail money to get released from a lockup. Desperately trying to free him, his manager PARK Min-soo comes up with the solution to send CHOI Gon to a radio station in a far, remote town in the suburbs as a DJ, so that the radio station can pay for the bail. Helpless and bewildered, CHOI Gon now has to DJ in front of a few dozen listeners…

Radio Star | HanCinema Reviews

[HanCinema's Film Review] "Radio Star" + DVD Giveaway2017/10/14
Back in 1988, Gon (played by Park Joong-hoon) was a singer at the top of his game, with national recognition. But eighteen years later, he's stuck playing songs to sparsely populated rooms. Only Gon's fans from better years remember who the guy is anymore. Them, and people who scour the tabloids for arrest reports of yesterday's old stars. Gon's long-suffering manager Min-soo (played by Ahn Sung-ki) falls into both categories, and so, it falls onto him to bring new light to Gon's life with a new, if unglamorous disc jockey job in rural Yeongwol,...More

[HanCinema's Film Review] "Radio Star" + DVD Giveaway2017/10/14
Back in 1988, Gon (played by Park Joong-hoon) was a singer at the top of his game, with national recognition. But eighteen years later, he's stuck playing songs to sparsely populated rooms. Only Gon's fans from better years remember who the guy is anymore. Them, and people who scour the tabloids for arrest reports of yesterday's old stars. Gon's long-suffering manager Min-soo (played by Ahn Sung-ki) falls into both categories, and so, it falls onto him to bring new light to Gon's life with a new, if unglamorous disc jockey job in rural Yeongwol,...More

Big Bang to Release 1st New Full-Length Album in 8 Years2016/12/07, Source
K-pop boy band Big Bang will release their third full-length album for the first time in eight years next Monday.
The album will contain previously released hit singles such as "Bang Bang Bang", "Loser", "If You" and "We Like 2 Party", as well as new songs,...More

[HanCinema's Korea Diaries] "Yeongwol" August 8th-10th2016/09/10
Jeongdongjin is the terminus of a rural railroad line that stretches to, among other places, Jecheon in the north-center part of the country, which as it happens was the next film festival I needed to go to. Sadly, there aren't a lot of places along the way. Or so I thought. From the very beginning Yeongwol was a very distinctive location. Observe the giant spooky bridge at three in the morning. Not that it's much more crowded during the daytime,...More

Choi Min-sik, Yoo Hae-jin, Park Yoo-chun in Chungmuro2014/12/08, Source
Chungmuro was a male party. From successful movies to rookies, the event focused on actors who contributed to the film industry throughout the year. The best movies were awarded and rookies were introduced. It was disappointing that actresses didn't have much space to stand in.
# Acting God: Choi Min-sik
It's not an overstatement to say that it was Choi Min-sik's year with his greatest hit being "The Admiral: Roaring Currents". He took on the role of Admiral Yi Sun-shin and 17.6 million people have watched it. The movie re-wrote Korean movie history. This syndrome brought about historical movies once more and there was even debate about the social role of these kinds of generation movies. Choi Min-sik has a record breaking movie on his hands,...More

Art and Culture2012/08/20, Source
It's Monday and it's the start of a new week and we have our Michelle Kim here with us to give us our daily arts and culture updates. Hello Michelle [Reporter : ] Hello Conn-young
So what do you have for us today,...More

Han Chae-young's Song Picks2010/03/09, Source
Actress Han Chae-young [Lee Jin-hyuk/10Asia]
There are many beautiful women in this world. But not everyone is called 'Barbie doll'. After making herself first known through KBS TV series "Autumn in my Heart", Han Chae-young has always been recognized for her unrivaled beauty. Yet at the same time, her 'goddess-like' appearance was also what created a distance between her and the audience.
So could it be that she herself sensed the disharmony that although she has a beauty which people cannot easily take their eyes off, it also makes it hard for people to approach her? Because for a while, Han appeared on the small screen playing roles far from her long-known image. Yet the popularity she gained from playing a lively high school girl in KBS TV series "Sassy Girl, Chun-hyang" or the impassioned acting she showed as an ordinary girl looking for employment in MBC's "Fireworks - 2006" did not help this star descend to the real world. She continued to remain a 'pretty' actress who was suited better for the role of a characters with haughty personalities or from wealthy backgrounds.,...More

CJ Ent. Makes Waves at HK FILMART2009/04/16, SourceThe film sales arm of Korean major CJ Entertainment did brisk business at the Hong Kong FIILMART, closing deals on a slew of titles including pre-sales for its big-budget disaster film "Haeundae" going to Indonesia's VSG for rights over Mala,...More

Of the musicals scheduled to be staged this year, more than 30 percent are based on or related to movies. There are already many Korean adaptations of Broadway musicals based on Hollywood films. But what,...More

Koreans are using the word "movical" more and more these days. It is an apparent keyword to define a trend in the local musical industry.

"Movical", a combination of "movie" and "musical", refers to interaction between the two industries. It started with a loc,...More

Band No Brain2007/09/19, Source"We used to go to great lengths not to lose the reins of a free-spirited life. I guess our songs were kind of rebellious music aimed at angst-ridden youngsters. These days, we don't care whether they loosen their reins or not. It's their life anyway. Now, we just want to sing about life without over,...More

[MOVIE REVIEW] Upbeat spin on Korean men2007/08/30, SourceFor the family. For the company. For the future. There is almost always some excuse for not doing something that we really want to do. We proudly call it "sacrifice" that is necessary for our happiness. After all, our true wishes will be realized some day if we gladly persevere present suffering.

LEE Joon-ik Explores Love and War2007/08/08, SourceCelebrated director Lee Joon-ik will next film Nimeun Mon Gose (English translation: "Someone Dear is Far Away"), about a woman who sets out to search for her missing-in-action husband during the Vietnam War. She decides to become a member of a,...More

Jecheon Fest Highlights Music-themed Films2007/08/03, SourceBetween last summer and this summer, a number of musical and music-driven Korean films were released, defining an important new trend towards the genre for local audiences. This month the 3rd Jecheon International Music and Film Festival (JIMFF) showcases that trend, bringing 7 music-themed Korean,...More

Take a Cinematic Break2007/08/02, SourceLike a movie: The Third Jecheon International Music & Film Festival (JIMFF) will take place at the breathtaking lakeside city in North Chungcheong Province, Aug. 9-14. / Courtesy of JIMFF

May 18, 1980 is forever engraved in modern Korean history as the beginning of a fateful series of events. Its tragedy is relived on screen as director,...More

Korean Films Enter Fukuoka Asian Film Festival2007/06/28, SourceThe 21st Fukuoka Asian Film Festival opens June 29th and will run through July 8th in Fukuoka, Japan. This film festival started in 1987 to discover and nurture new filmmakers from all over Asia. This year, 14 films from nine nations will be introduced at the festival.

8 Korean Films Screen at China's Top Fest2007/06/12, SourceSeven South Korean features and one short film will be presented at this year's 10th anniversary edition of the Shanghai International Film Festival. China's top film event opens June 16th for a nine-day run.

Of the seven features, two have been selected in competition sections. Director,...More

44th Grand Bell Award Nominations2007/06/05, SourceOne of South Korea's top two annual film awards ceremonies will take place June 8th in the city of Daejeon. The 44th Grand Bell Awards, which is televised nationally, will be accompanied by the week long Daejeon Film Festival which will showcase 66 domestic films including last year's sensational More

Music Occupies Chungmuro Productions2007/03/07, SourceIt is now music that Chungmuro, Korea's "Hollywood", is taking up as the new trend in subject matter after it previously sought after the "gangster" film theme. The latest trend began with "Radio Star", which deals with the friendship betw,...More

KBS Marks 80th Anniversary2007/02/23, SourceKorea Broadcasting System (KBS) will celebrate its 80th anniversary with various special programs ranging from documentaries to movies.

On Feb. 26, KBS 1TV will air a concert by legendary trot singer Lee Mi-ja-I, who will perform some 30 songs that set milestones in the 80-year history of Korea's,...More

Korean netizens choose Radio Star2007/01/18, SourceOnline film reservations site Maxmovie and Channel CGV have announced the results of their 4th annual Best Film Awards selections based on voting by internet users. With a total of 425,613 votes cast, the surprise winner for Best Picture was,...More

Korean Stars in Hollywood2007/01/16, SourceAs Hollywood remakes of Korean films gained attention in 2006, the year 2007 is gearing up to showcase the growing visibility of Korean acting talent in American productions. Most notably, actor Park Joong-hoon (",...More

The number of films produced last year was 108, the most ever in Korean cinematic history, and many of them were feature debut works by emerging directors. But more familiar names will be seen at the box office this year as many renowned directors are preparing to,...More

Top Women Filmmakers of 2006 Awarded2007/01/03, SourceIn Korea's male dominated society, the film industry holds an interesting position as a place where a conservative 'boys on top' mentality stubbornly persists and where emerging, feminist voices have gained a stronghold. Filmmaking is no longer the boys club it was, and each December, the Festival,...More

Healing Movies2006/12/30, SourceIt happened once again. People tear apart my heart countless times all throughout the year and I also unconsciously hurt others. And they are mostly someone very close to me.

It is now time to heal these wounds and to prepare for a new year. So, how about wrapping up the year while watching movie,...More

Record Yearly Market Share Expected2006/11/21, SourceA report by Korea's leading cinema chain CJ CGV predicts a 60% plus market share of Korean films in the domestic market this year. After the first ten months of 2006 a market share of 61.9% is recorded by CJ CGV.

Even if the admissions will turn out lower than the prospect during the remaining mo,...More

Korea at American Film Market2006/11/13, SourceA record total of 85 Korean films were shown at this month's American Film Market (AFM), which ranks along side Cannes as one of the largest of its kind in the world. Most South Korean films this year were entered in AFM in an effort to find foreign buyers.

Theater chain CJ CGV said Monday that domestic films commanded an average market share of 62 percent for the first ten months. The chain projected that the average for the year would easily top 60 percent,...More

What are the best days of your life? For the high school friends in Riverbank Legends it's when they hang out at night on their territory, a bare riverbank; a hard-won place they fought over side by side. For the friends in,...More

This Week's New Movie Releases2006/09/29, SourceIt's Friday, which means it's time to check on what's playing in movie theatres throughout Korea.
With the Chuseok holiday just around the corner, most of this week's new releases are comedies and dramas.

Spoilt for Movie Choice During Long Chuseok Break2006/09/25, SourceThis year's Chuseok or Korean Thanksgiving holiday will be the longest ever since it comes right after the Foundation Day holiday. Theaters will not miss this golden opportunity to draw as many viewers as possible by showing the best movies. Competition will be fiercer than ever.

"Radio Star" photo exhibit2006/09/15, SourceThe production team of the film, Radio Star, is holding a photo exhibit showcasing the film's production process and the breathtaking landscape of Yeongwol, the film's backdrop. The exhibit will run from Sept. 20 to Oct. 8 at the KTF Galle,...More

Radio Star (라디오 스타)

Subscribe to HanCinema Pure to remove ads from the website (not for episode and movie videos) for US$0.99 monthly or US$7.99 yearly (you can cancel anytime).
The first step is to be a member, please click here : Sign up, then a subscribe button will show up.